Okla. Stat. tit. 42, § 42-142
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Statement to be filed
Official statutory text
Any person claiming a lien as aforesaid shall file in the office
of the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated a
statement setting forth the amount claimed and the items thereof as
nearly as practicable, the names of the owner, the contractor, the
claimant, and a legal description of the property subject to the
lien, verified by affidavit. Such statement shall be filed within
four (4) months after the date upon which material or equipment used
on said land was last furnished or labor last performed under
contract as aforesaid; and if the claim be for the planting of any
trees, vines, plants, or hedge, such statement shall be filed within
four (4) months from such planting. Immediately upon the receipt of
such statement the county clerk shall enter a record of the same
against the tract index and in a book kept for that purpose, to be
called the mechanics' lien journal, which shall be ruled off into
separate columns, with headings as follows: "When filed", "Name of
owner", "Name of claimant", "Amount claimed", "Legal description of
property", and "Remarks", and the clerk shall make the proper entry
in each column.
R.L. 1910, § 3863; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 7, eff. Oct 1, 1977; Laws
1978, c. 133, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 216, § 2, emerg.
eff. May 30, 1980.
of the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated a
statement setting forth the amount claimed and the items thereof as
nearly as practicable, the names of the owner, the contractor, the
claimant, and a legal description of the property subject to the
lien, verified by affidavit. Such statement shall be filed within
four (4) months after the date upon which material or equipment used
on said land was last furnished or labor last performed under
contract as aforesaid; and if the claim be for the planting of any
trees, vines, plants, or hedge, such statement shall be filed within
four (4) months from such planting. Immediately upon the receipt of
such statement the county clerk shall enter a record of the same
against the tract index and in a book kept for that purpose, to be
called the mechanics' lien journal, which shall be ruled off into
separate columns, with headings as follows: "When filed", "Name of
owner", "Name of claimant", "Amount claimed", "Legal description of
property", and "Remarks", and the clerk shall make the proper entry
in each column.
R.L. 1910, § 3863; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 7, eff. Oct 1, 1977; Laws
1978, c. 133, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 216, § 2, emerg.
eff. May 30, 1980.
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